https://www.abelab.eu/activities/ Recent content in Activities on Accessible Backlist Ebooks Laboratory https://www.abelab.eu/logoABEblue1.png https://www.abelab.eu/logoABEblue1.png Hugo -- gohugo.io Sun, 01 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.abelab.eu/activities/events/ Fri, 28 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.abelab.eu/activities/events/ The ABELab project was publicly presented during the following events Initial publishers workshop 03 February 2023: Federation of European Publishers (FEP) – Accessibility working group meeting * Private 30 minutes online presentation followed up by 8 persons from the European publishers associations. Organised by FEP, in English. 08 February 2023: French’s Publishers Private 60 minutes online presentation followed up by 15 persons from the French publishing houses. Organised by EDRLab, in French. https://www.abelab.eu/activities/coverage/ Fri, 28 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.abelab.eu/activities/coverage/ Press releases 2023/06/19: ABE Lab official website: A view of the European ebook backlist 2023/10: ABE Lab official website - EU ebooks titles analysis and accessibility gaps: ABELab report released 2024/05/07: ABE Lab official website - How to improve tools for accessible ebooks remediation? ABELab guidelines released! 2024/05/20: ABE Lab official website - Remediation of backlist ebooks: ABE Lab releases its final public report and launches an online survey Media posts and articles 2024/02/01: LIA dedicated page - 2023-24. https://www.abelab.eu/activities/publisherssurvey/ Thu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.abelab.eu/activities/publisherssurvey/ Feedback request on relevance and expectations for the future This survey aims to gather feedback on the ABE Lab project, its relevance and its impact for publishers who collaborated on the project or who are interested in remediation of backlist ebooks. For the project partners, it is also a useful opportunity to ascertain the needs and expectations of publishers for possible future projects. Fill the survey! (4 minutes) https://www.abelab.eu/activities/press_release_final_report_20052024/ Mon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.abelab.eu/activities/press_release_final_report_20052024/ Paris, Milan, The Hague, May 27th 2024 - The Accessible Backlist Ebooks Laboratory (ABE Lab) project partners - EDR Lab, Fondazione LIA and KB (The National Library of the Netherlands) - released the final public report of the project, available online on the official ABE Lab website deliverable page. The report can be read online and downloaded in PDF and EPUB format. A survey, available online, was launched to gather feedback on the project’s impact and relevance and to guide possible future activities dedicated to backlist remediation ebooks. https://www.abelab.eu/activities/press_release_guidelines_tools_07052024/ Tue, 07 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.abelab.eu/activities/press_release_guidelines_tools_07052024/ In recent years, the topic of digital accessibility has become increasingly important, also in light of the imminent entry into force of the Directive 2019/882 on accessibility requirements for products and services, usually referred to as the European Accessibility Act (EAA). Ebooks are among the services to which the Directive applies. Some publishers have already started to produce and distribute born-accessible ebooks. But how to manage ebooks that have been produced and published in previous years, the so-called backlist? https://www.abelab.eu/activities/tools/ Tue, 23 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.abelab.eu/activities/tools/ This page will not change as the related ABELab project activity is done. We’ll maintain a different list of tools claiming to provide accessibility remediation features by responding to our Remediation tools survey Workpackage 3 of the ABELab project was dedicated to identify and test remediation tools and platforms that can be used to resolve identified accessibility issues in order to obtain accessible versions and what is the quality of their performance to outline the workflows for making backlist ebooks compliant with EAA requirements. https://www.abelab.eu/activities/toolssurvey/ Wed, 17 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.abelab.eu/activities/toolssurvey/ Are you providing tools to enhance ebooks accessibility? Let us know and take part to the ABELab Remediation tools survey! This survey aims to know better the remediation tools available and their main functionalities related to the detection and correction of recurrent accessibility issues as well as the possibilities of conformity validation of the outputs. We’ll update this page on a quarterly basis with a list of tools participating in the survey. https://www.abelab.eu/activities/publishers/ Tue, 12 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.abelab.eu/activities/publishers/ Publishing houses partnership is important to the ABELab project as it allows us to perform analysis and testing on files actually in distribution. The following publishing houses are participating to the project: GYLDENDAL (Danemark) thieme (Deutshland) Werner Söderstöm Ltd (Finland) Hachette Livre (France) Editis (France) Gallimard (France) Editions Foucher (France) Fenixx (France) Media Participations (France) FrancoAngeli (Italy) Gruppo GEMS (Italy) Il Mulino (Italy) Gruppo Mondadori (Italy) MH Education (Spain and UK) AW Bruna (The Netherlands) Boom (The Netherlands) Gottmer (The Netherlands) Pluim (The Netherlands) Singel (The Netherlands) Van Oorschot (The Netherlands) https://www.abelab.eu/activities/press_release_gap_analysis_30102023/ Mon, 20 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.abelab.eu/activities/press_release_gap_analysis_30102023/ Accessible Backlist Ebooks (ABE Lab) project Report on Backlist Data and Gap Analysis provides relevant information for all who will have to remediate their ebooks backlist to make them compliant with the accessibility requirements of the European Accessibility Act (EAA). It presents the results of the research conducted in the ABE Lab project and provides an overview of the quantities and different categories of the ebooks currently available on the EU market and information on the recurrent accessibility issues. The report also explains the methodologies adopted and provides a useful classification aimed at mapping and identifying the level of complexity of ebooks remediation. https://www.abelab.eu/activities/press_release_data_19062023/ Mon, 19 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.abelab.eu/activities/press_release_data_19062023/ Overview ABE Lab is a Creative Europe funded project operated by three partners: the European Digital Reading Laboratory (EDRLab), the Fondazione Libri Italiani Accessibili (LIA) and the National Library of the Netherlands (KB). In the context of the European Accessibility Act, publishers are producing more and more accessible ebooks. But many titles produced in the past are still on sale, this is what we call the backlist. And though the costs to keep ebooks on the market are often low compared to that for printed books (which need physical storage and reprinting), it is important to understand that ebook titles can also disappear from the market if revenues no longer cover costs. https://www.abelab.eu/activities/publishers_meeting_fr_08022023/ Wed, 08 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.abelab.eu/activities/publishers_meeting_fr_08022023/ Remédier le fonds ? (panneau 1) Présentation du projet Accessible backlist ebooks (ABE Lab), France, 8 février 2023. Contexte (panneau 2) Comment un éditeur peut-il évaluer l’impact de la conversion de ses titres ? Des études antérieures, dans différents pays, ont montré des résultats très différents. L’étude récente d’Accenture, française, est certainement la plus aboutie jusqu’à présent. Donc une bonne base de travail pour des études à l’échelle européenne. https://www.abelab.eu/activities/publishers_meeting_fep_03022023/ Fri, 03 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.abelab.eu/activities/publishers_meeting_fep_03022023/ How to cope with backlist titles? (slide 1) Presentation to Federation of European Publishers (FEP) – Accessibility working group meeting on 2023 february 3rd. Partenaires (slide 2) ABE Lab is a project coordinated by EDRLa, partners are Foudazione LIA and KB national library of the Netherlands. It is funded by Creative Europe. Context (slide 3) Per June 2025 the European Accessibility Act will take effect, affecting many products and services, including e-books.